Research and Editing Experience

The Expanding News Desert Project

Research Assistant

Contributor for Summer 2020 publication: “News Desert and Ghost Newspapers: Will Local News Survive?”

Tasks included Excel spreadsheet analysis of expansive newspaper and media database, calculating figures such as total number of U.S. newspapers, total circulation and total newspaper owners. Additionally worked on proof-reading and website editing.

Working under the guidance of Penelope Abernathy, Knight Chair (now emeritus) in Journalism and Digital Media Economics at UNC-Chapel Hill

The Internationalist

Staff Editor for UNC Undergraduate Journal of Foreign Affairs

 Proofread for grammar and content, as well as fact-checking

Published under the Carolina International Relations Association